Sam Nelson
Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles.
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Acting
Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
1947
Movie
Soldiers and Women
as Pvt. Delehanty
1930
Movie
Breed of Courage
as Alan Haliday
1927
Movie
The Little Savage
as Norton
1929
Movie
The Circus Kid
as Tad
1928
Movie
The Swift Shadow
as Jim
1927
Movie
The Boy Rider
as Terry McNeil
1927
Movie
Crooks Can't Win
as Danny Malone
1928
Movie
The One Man Dog
as Larry
1929
Movie
The Vagabond Cub
as Bob McDonald
1929
Crew
Movie
Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
1959
Movie
The Lady from Shanghai
Assistant Director
1947
Movie
3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
1957
Movie
And Then There Were None
Assistant Director
1945
Movie
All the King's Men
Assistant Director
1949
Movie
A Raisin in the Sun
Assistant Director
1961
Movie
The Tall T
Assistant Director
1957
Movie
Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
1962
Movie
Comanche Station
Assistant Director
1960
Movie
The Outlaw
Assistant Director
1943
Movie
Decision at Sundown
Assistant Director
1957
Movie
Cowboy
Assistant Director
1958